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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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